International Paralympic Committee bans all Russian athletes from competingHARRY ENGELS/GETTY IMAGESAll Russian athletes are banned from competing at next month's Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro due to widespread doping, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced overnight - a far stronger stance than that taken by Olympic bosses. The international athletics and weightlifting organisations banned all Russian athletes, while several other disciplines had partial bans. CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGESLast month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to ban all Russians from the Olympics, instead leaving decisions on athletes' participation to international sporting federations. It had also given the Russian Paralympic Committee an opportunity this week to respond to its provisional decision, the Observer reported. * Sign up here for the Rio Olympics: Going for Gold newsletter- Stuff

Source: Stuff August 07, 2016 15:18 UTC